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Presents new vision of adolescent sexuality shaped by a variety of social factors: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, physical ability, and cultural messages propagated in films, books, and within families. This collection of essays considers a range of cultural influences that form a teenager's sexual identity.
List of contents
Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Contexts and Theories 1. Culture, Identities, and the Discourse of Adolescent Sexuality Janice M. Irvine 2. Adolescent Development: Whose Perspective? Jill Taylor 3. Sexuality Education for Immigrant and Minority Students: Developing a Culturally Appropriate Curriculum Janie Victoria Ward and Jill Taylor Part II: Culture and Communities 4. Culture, Context, and HIV Infection: Research on Risk Taking Among Adolescents Lee Strunin 5. Asian American Adolescents: Issues in the Expression of Sexuality Connie Chan 6. AIDS and Latino Adolescents Luisa Medrano 7. Homophobia, Identity, and the Meanings of Desire: Reflections on the Cultural Construction of Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Sexuality Diane Raymon 8. Daughters with Disabilities: Defective Women or Minority Women? Harilyn Rousso Part III: Texts and Conversations 9. Keeping Adolescents in the Picture: Construction of Adolescent Sexuality in Textbook Images and Popular Films Mariamne H. Whatley 10. Young Women and Their Dream Lovers: Sexuality in Adolescent Fiction Linda K. Christian-Smith 11. What Friends Are For: On Girls' Misogyny and Romantic Fusion Sharon Thompson 12. Daring to Desire: Culture and the Bodies of Adolescent Girls Deborah L. Tolman 13. Speaking Across Cultures Within Your Own Family Janet Kahn 14. Teens Talk Sex: Can We Talk Back? Robert E. Fullilove, Warren Barksdale, and Mindy Thompson Fullilove About the Contributors
About the author
Janice M. Irvine is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts and author of Disorders of Desire: Sex and Gender in Modern American Sexology (Temple).
Summary
Presents new vision of adolescent sexuality shaped by a variety of social factors: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, physical ability, and cultural messages propagated in films, books, and within families. This collection of essays considers a range of cultural influences that form a teenager's sexual identity.
